Rhazes Quotes

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

None of the lower orders need suffer for an hour, the Poor House is open.

I'm for helping the poor, always have been. And I don't think they should be bereft of healthcare.

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.

Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely necessary is disgraceful.

We've got to take care of the poor.

Hunger, inadequate medical care, poor housing, and inferior schools are enemies of the sense of wonder. It is easier and less expensive in the long run to prevent a loss of imagination by providing adequate nutrition, housing, medical care, and schooling than it is to try to restore that loss.

When they seek to cut programs that help families living in poverty, I will fight them every step of the way.

Society’s willingness to provide for the poor among them increases when the standard of living is advancing.

I never knew an instance of the English parliament's undertaking to relieve the poor, by a distribution of bread in time of scarcity.... I think, that according to the principles of their government, they would only vote a sum of money, and address the King to employ it for the best.

The relief now given by the Poor Laws is so widely extended that no man of humanity could venture to propose their immediate abolition.

The states, just like the Federal government, just can’t let the poor die.

… poor people deserve access to food, education, housing, and medical services

By helping the poor, we must be able to remove their poverty. By extending help to one here and one there in the form of providing food will not remove poverty

The thing that the government does very well is to write checks. Get rid of all the bureaucracy and programs and just write check [to the poor].

We need to ask questions about how we're going to give low-income kids who come from a broken home access to a loving home.

I was very clear that we'd invest much more in shelter space to get people off the streets, out of doorways, out from overpasses and get them connected with services - whatever services they need, whether it's mental health whether its addiction or economic resources.

The war on poverty programs help address the pain of poverty.

The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime.

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.

Vote for me and I will ensure that everyone gets enough to eat and a place to stay.

SNAP is a critical anti-hunger program that feeds millions of low income Americans, including children, veterans, and seniors who would not otherwise have the resources to buy groceries.

A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.

The welfare system was designed to do something different when it was started than what it does now. It was a safety net to help people get back to work: if they were sick, it would help them get back.

More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care.